Trade it Thursday with Crystal~

Hi All,
What a lovely surprise waiting for me when i got in from work.
Crystal over at Crystals Crafty Creations has a "Trade it Thursday" section on her blog, she puts something crafty on it that she does not want anymore, and you tell her what you would like to trade for it! Simple's!

Well two weeks ago I did just that. I traded a stamp set I had not opened and Crystal traded a Nestabilitie that I did not have. Well I have it now!
When I got in today it was waiting for me. Thank you Crystal, I will be back to trade again soon. It's really easy go take a look at what she has on offer this week, it's lovely....

Debbiexx

Red White and Blue~

Hi All,

Red White and Blue~
Not a combination I have done before, or if I have I cannot remember doing it, but I was happy that I managed to find all the relevant colours.
I love this little Penny Black image of a teddy bear lying inside a plant pot...how cute is that? I did give him a nappy but still not sure if it's meant to be his tummy, in which case that part should be brown!!

Entered into the following challenges:

Penny Black Alsorts--Summer
Penny Black--Red White and Blue
Sketch Saturday--Sketch

Debbie

Flower Power~

Hi All~

Me again, and a happy bunny I am too......Guess who won Wimbledon?
My boyfriend....I mean Raffa Nadal....Yahoo

My second posting of the day can't be bad, you would think I had nothing better to do than craft and watch tennis!!!

This is more my style of card Clean and Simple, just the way I like them~
This image is from my friend Angie's stamps, but not sure of the make, I have used the Swiss Dot on the Cuttlebug for the white background and the matting is specialist AC foil card. Finished with a few Gems and a slice of Red Ribbon.

Paper Sundaes--White and another colour
The Sweet Stop--Sketch

Debbiexx

Soooo Distressed!!

Hi All,
Happy 4th of July to our friends across the water ~ Hope you are all enjoying your special day.

I am having a brilliant weekend, so hope you all are.
I am posting this card now, 'cos in a couple of minutes I am off to watch the brilliant Raffa WIN wimbledon!! Hopefully~

Yesterday was fab for sport too, for those of you watching the "F".
Good old Germany saw off the Argies, and embarassed them even more than they embarrased us, which you would have thought would have been impossible, but no, they were truly chewed up and spat out!!
I don't like to blow my own trumpet, but, have said all along that Germany will win the World Cup, people are now thinking I could be right.

My posting today is a little distressed number, don't do much of this as I don't think I am terribly good at it, but hey so what I have had a go and I did enjoy doing it.

Tilda Stamp, a little doily, a tag, pins and pearl spray, three ribbons all distressed with Tim Holzt Tattered Rose ink.
Challenges entered below:

Sweet Stamping--Pearls and Pins
Crazy for Challenges--Ribbons
One Stop Challenge--Distressing
Totally Gorjuss--Sketch
Alphabet Challenge--J for Jewels
Crafty Catz--Distressing

Debbiexx

Christmas in July!!

Hi All~
Well I have watched another upset in the "F" today, the apparently amazing Brazillians are out of the World Cup Beaten by the Fabulous Dutch, (come on you Orange!!)
And now I have to watch Murray and Nadal. (Again I am sorry to offend but I LOVE Raffa, so am not supporting Murray). I am not a bit patriotic am I? Sorry!

Back to business...
This is the second Christmas card I have made in the last two weeks...what's got into me? Normally I am making them the week before I want to send them! (Well tell a lie, I am not quite that bad, but you know what I mean).
There are a couple of blogs asking for Christmas Cards, and it's a great idea to start early, just make them and stick them in a box for later!

I have chosen to do this lovely Tilda image, and I chose the Green and purple for a challenge over at Craft Challenge, however I am not 100% happy with this colour combo...I don't usually worry about my cards not being the traditional red and green, but I am not quite sure about the purple.

I have used some Christmas MME papers and a few other bits and bobs from my stash...
I have also used my MS punch as a border and used a couple of snowflake brads to hold it in position. The holly is stamped and the circles ar cut from other MME Christmas paper. I have used some raindrop type gems and a flower and bead orniment. The flower was white, but I coloured it with a poppy red pro-marker.

I do have another Christmas Tilda, it's the one where she is wearing a sort of duffle coat, really cute, I did use her alot last Christmas, and I will be using her again, but this image with Tilda facing away and putting the orniment onto the tree is very sweet indeed, I can see me using her alot aswell.

Craft Challenge--Purple and Green
Fussy and Fancy--Christmas in July
Stamping for the Weekend--Christmas and Sketch
Winter Wonderland--Punch it
Craftilicious--Cute
Just Magnolia--Criss Cross Card

Debbiexx

Warm Wishes From Hope~

Hi All~

Due to this awful weather I have had a good old craft day today, so here is another posting by me!

This little darling is called Hope (or at least I think she is) she is sweet isn't she?
I wanted to try to make this card summery so "hope" you agree the lime and pink works well for that brief....Sunglasses at the ready!

As I am into paper piecing at the mo (will have to do a card without it next time) I have PP Hope's dress and headband, and I used some paper with strawberrys on. The rest of the image is coloured with Pro-markers. I have used my NS punch for the flowers and popped a tiny button in the middle of each.
Again I have used my new Personal Impressions sentiment stamps, the little circles are the perfect size for matting on the smallest circle scalloped nestie. The matting under Hope is also a Nestie.
I have entered the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes--Birthday Card
anyone for Anya--Sketch
PaperPlay--Card for a Child
Sir Stampalot--Summer
Rosie-D--Summer Birthday

Debbiexx

Chocolate's and Cream!

Hi All

What an awful day here today. I had planned to visit the "Retreat" today (Allotment) but it has rained here all day, so a change of plan...Ironing, Tennis and Craft, in that order!

I have been waiting patiently for the new Tilda Challenge Blog and here it is....
TOTALLY TILDA~

Their first challenge is "Chocolate". Yummy I thought, but alass they were not giving "chocolate" away, Oh No, that was what they want to see on your card!!!

Once that was sorted, I could get on with making this card with my brand new Tilda stamp. I don't know what she is called or if she is an old stamp, but I won her on Ebay and was delighted to pay a small £5.20 for her (bargain)

I decided to do paper piecing on her dress and hairband as I love doing this and I found a small piece of this lemon/cream dotty paper, and it matched the other papers perfectly. The mat has been "punch round the corner" with my MS flower punch, this is the first time I have tried this, so I was quite pleased with the outcome.
This gorgeous flower is a Prima flower, I have had them ages and just never seem to have the right colour paper for them, I used a copper colour stickles on it's petals.
I have loads of these little quotes and use them all the time in Scrapbooking, this one says "Record Only The Sunny Hours". Tilda is coloured with Copics, which I have tried to keep very neutral.
This lovely sketch is courtesy of cupcake Craft Challenge.

Cupcake Craft Challenge--Sketch

Totally Tilda--Chocolate

Debbiexx